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Metabolic Bone Diseases

A Case-Based Approach

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Overview

  • Takes a case-based approach to the diagnosis and management of metabolic bones diseases, such as osteoporosis, rickets and osteomalacia, osteogenesis imperfecta, Paget's disease of bone, hypophosphatasia, and sclerotic bone disorders

  • Applies a consistent chapter format that includes relevant anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology as well as examination, treatment approaches and clinical outcomes

  • A valuable resource for practicing endocrinologists, rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons, residents and fellows

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

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This concise, case-based text discusses the current state of the art for the diagnosis and management of metabolic bones diseases. Each chapter opens with a unique case presentation and utilizes a consistent format that includes relevant anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology as well as examination, treatment approaches and clinical outcomes. Topics covered include osteoporosis, rickets and osteomalacia, hypoparathyroidism and pseudohypoparathyroidism, osteogenesis imperfecta, Paget's disease of bone, calcium and phosphorous disorders,  hypophosphatasia, sclerotic bone disorders, fibrous and osteochondroplasia, and other malignancies of bone. 

Written and edited by experts in the field, Metabolic Bone Diseases is a valuable resource for practicing endocrinologists, rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons, residents and fellows.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, USA

    Pauline M. Camacho

About the editor

Pauline M. Camacho, MD, FACE, Loyola University Medical Center, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Maywood, IL, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Metabolic Bone Diseases

  • Book Subtitle: A Case-Based Approach

  • Editors: Pauline M. Camacho

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03694-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-03693-5Published: 07 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-03694-2Published: 22 February 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 268

  • Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Endocrinology, Metabolic Diseases, Orthopedics

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